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Cell Phone Interface

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Games that use a cell phone as the menu/interface/pause screen. All show a battery indicator, which usually never drains, and sometimes a signal strength indicator, which may flicker or change as an aesthetic touch, but usually has no impact on gameplay.

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A cell phone interface is usually used as a pause menu. It's meant for immersion, keeping you in the game world. Usually you have all the options that you'd normally find in a pause menu except everything looks like your looking at a cellphone. Some games take the cell phone interface a little further. Your cell phone may give you mission objectives ( GTA 4), ring, serve as a GPS ( Silent Hill Shattered Memories) and even let you take screenshots. 
A cell phone interface is also a great way to use game advertisement. As seen in Tony Hawk: Ride, the cell phone you're using is actually a real life T-Mobile Sidekick.

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